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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Kings 15 Bishops' Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_kings/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_kings/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Bishops'</a> > 1 Kings 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/14.htm" title="1 Kings 14">◄</a> 1 Kings 15 <a href="../1_kings/16.htm" title="1 Kings 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Bishops' Bible of 1568</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/15-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Abijam Reigns in Judah<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_chronicles/13.htm">2 Chronicles 13:1–3</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the eighteenth yere of king Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, raigned Abiam ouer Iuda. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he walked in all the sinnes of his father which he had done before him, and his heart was not perfect with the Lorde his God, as the heart of Dauid his father. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Neuerthelesse, for Dauids sake did the Lorde his God geue him a lyght in Hierusalem, that he set vp his sonne after him, and stablished Hierusalem: <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and turned from nothing that he commaunded him all the dayes of his lyfe, saue onely in the matter of Urias the Hethite. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And there was warre betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam, as long as he lyued.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The rest of the wordes that concerne Abiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda? And there was warre betweene Abiam & Ieroboam.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Abiam slept with his fathers, & they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne raigned in his steade.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Asa Reigns in Judah<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_chronicles/14.htm">2 Chronicles 14:1–15</a>; <a href ="../2_chronicles/15.htm#8">2 Chronicles 15:8–19</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>In the twentith yere of Ieroboam king of Israel raigned Asa ouer Iuda. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Fourtie & one yeres raigned he in Hierusalem: and his mothers name was Maacha, the daughter of Abisalom. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Asa did <FI>that seemed<Fi> ryght in the eyes of the Lorde, as did Dauid his father. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he toke away the male stewes out of the lande, and put away all the abhominable idols that his fathers had made. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he put downe Maacha his mother from bearing rule, because she had made an idoll in a groue: And Asa destroyed her idoll, and burnt it by the brooke Cedron. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But the hie places were not put downe: Neuerthelesse Asa his heart was perfect with the Lorde all his dayes. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He brought in the holy vessels of his father, and that he had dedicate vnto the house of the Lord, golde, and siluer, and iewels.<p> <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">War between Asa and Baasha<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_chronicles/16.htm">2 Chronicles 16:1–6</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And there was warre betweene Asa, & Baasa king of Israel all their dayes. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Baasa king of Israel went vp against Iuda, and built Rama, so that he woulde let none go out or in to Asa king of Iuda. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Asa toke al the siluer and golde that was left in the treasures of the house of the Lorde, and the treasures of the kinges house, and deliuered them vnto the handes of his seruauntes, and king Asa sent them to Benhadad the sonne of Tabrimon the sonne of Hezion king of Syria that dwelt at Damasco, saying: <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>There is a bonde betweene me & thee, betweene my father and thy father: and beholde I haue sent vnto thee a present of siluer and golde, that thou come and breake the bonde that thou hast with Baasa king of Israel, that he may depart from me. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Benhadad hearkened vnto king Asa, & sent the captaynes of the hoastes which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Hion, and Dan, and Abel, Beth Maacah, and all <FI>the region of<Fi> Ceneroth, with all the lande of Nephthali. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And when Baasa heard thereof, he left building of Rama, and dwelt in Thirza. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Iuda, that none should be excused: And so they toke the stones of Ramah and the tymber wherewith Baasa had builded, and king Asa built with them the hill of Beniamin and Mispah.<p> <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_chronicles/17.htm">2 Chronicles 17:1–19</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The remnaunt of all the wordes that concerne Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he builded, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda? Neuerthelesse, in his olde age he was diseased in his feete. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Asa slept with his fathers, & was buried beside his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father: And Iehosaphat his sonne raigned in his steade.<p> <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">Nadab Reigns in Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Nadab the sonne of Ieroboam began to raigne vpon Israel the second yere of Asa king of Iuda, and raigned vpon Israel two yeres. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he did euill in ye sight of the Lord, walking in ye way of his father, & in his sinne wherewith he made Israel sinne. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Baasa the sonne of Ahia, which was of the house of Isachar, conspired against him, and Baasa smote him at Gibbethon, which is a citie of the Philistines (for Nadab and al Israel layed siege to Gibbethon)<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Euen in the third yere of Asa king of Iuda, did Baasa slay him, and raigned in his steade. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And it fortuned that when he was king, he smote all the house of Ieroboam, and he left him naught that breathed, vntill he had put him cleane out, according vnto the saying of the Lorde which he spake by his seruaunt Ahia the Selonite: <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Because of the sinnes of Ieroboam, wherewith he sinned and made Israel sinne, when he with his prouocation angred the Lorde God of Israel.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The rest of the wordes that concerne Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel?<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And there was warre betweene Asa & Baasa king of Israel all their dayes.<p> <A name="34"></a><p class="hdg">Baasha Reigns in Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>So in the third yere of Asa king of Iuda, began Baasa the sonne of Ahia to raigne ouer all Israel in Thirza, twentie and foure yeres. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And he did that which is euill in the sight of the Lorde, walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinne, wherewith he made Israel to sinne.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Bishops' Bible of 1568<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>